Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-03

Chalifette. y. u. I-,,:i Nobse. tia s.s-s.. $40
Chattanooga ..- 1894, Mound CITY, Ills J.. 5,GO
City Point. Va. 3S> Nashville, Tenn, II, 'ss
Cold Harbor, Va. LHI1 Natchez Miss, .-. 3.O62
Corinth, Miss co.. 800 New Albany. Ind. 2,15s
Crown HILL near Newhtrn. y & ABS
Indianapolis .ts Philadelphia, Pa. l.sls
Culpepper Va. l,3iS Poplar Grove, Va 5,a2b
Clusters battle Port Hudson. Miss $50.
field NJ T.. 2JJ Raleigh, \. { .... l,l5g
Cypress Hill, on Richmond, Va. ASS
LIN y. BIS Rock Island. Ills ~
City Of Mexico l,n4 Salisbury. y c. 80. 2,l1
Danville Va. .... i.sS Shiloh. Tenn. $3.50
DaAyllie, Ny. k9 Sah Antonio, Tex. ~
Elrnira y Y. 1895 Seven Pines, Va 1Sg
Finn's Point, y J. 2,.'S Soldiers Home,o. 5,2ss
Florence, 5 C. 24I> Springfield. No. l.jls
Fort Dunelson G3y Stone River Tenn 6,tssi
Fort Gibson | T aIaa Nickshurg, Miss l6,GJe
Fort HarrisonNa 30 Whitehall, Pa 60
Fl Ieavenworth l.10s Wilmington, y G. l0,GA5
Fort McPhersou.. 4f3 Winchester, Va 4,'c55
Fayetteville Ark. I,2l0 Yorktown, Va 1853
Virginia has the largest number of Gene
teries-fourteen. Virginia Tennessee and
Mississippi. in their order. wer. the battle
states of the struggle. The dead OF the civil
war are not all gathered in national GENIE
teries-none but those of the victnrS. There
are many other graves i'll the south which
enfold soldiers as valorous- as those from the
north
sad chance of war, Now. destitute of aid,
Fails undistin guish by the victors spade.
No stone or epitaph marks their last resting
place They too bore themselves with uii-
Iaunted courage nerved to heroic endurance,
and following the right as God gave them to
see the right. No people ever suffered a
greater penalty for drawing the sword. They
g.l u, hsir al
tie spots If -arth--home-they died battling
Tor, and the soil that drank up their blood is
where they rest
Scatter bright rosss DER the grav.
OF every soldier proud and brave,
Who died II gray or blue;
Who fell beneath the stripes and skas.
Or died where waved Confederate bars.
To flag and country true.
On either side ~ freedoms line
Bring brightest flowers to deck each shrine.
W. ask what flag they bore;
Scan not the uniform they wore
On each supreme occasion.
We know they bravely fought and fell
To crush. withstand, resist or Qu.ll
Rebellion or invasion,
And threw their Ii ses into the fray
In :rock e blue or blouse of gray
Nature decorates the graves Of the undis-
Severed dead, scattering wild flowers with
gentle hand alike upon the resting places Of
both the victors and the vanquiSLsd.
In 1857 the women Of Columbus, Miss, in
augurated the custom OF decorating the
graves Of their own As well as those Of the
northern soldier dead. an event which called
forth the poem of The Blue and the Gray"
Sadly. but not with upbradinss
The generous deed was done:
In the storm of years that are fading
No drawer battle won.
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment day:
Under the blossoms, the Blue;
Under the garlands the Gray.
No more shall the war cry sever
Or the winding rivers be red;
They Danish anger forever.
When they laurel the graves Of our dead
Under the sod aud dew;
Waiting the Judgment day;
Love and tears for the Blue.
Tears and love for the Gray
NOSES FOLsoM